The construction and validation of a social support measure for sojourners the Index of Sojourner Social Support (ISSS) scale

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 637-661

  Ong, Andy S J ^a,b   Ward, Colleen ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d Nanyang Polytechnic ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Measure; Scale development; Social support; Sojourners

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744601426     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105280508     Document Type: Review

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